U.S. Africa Command
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:01
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power led a U.N. Security Council delegation on its first official visit to Rwanda since 2009 to assess the security situation and meet with Rwandan officials to discuss peace efforts in Africa’s Great Lakes region.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:05
U.S. service members and staff of the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa attended the closing ceremony of Lion Rouge at the Kitona base in the Bas-Congo province with the commander of the Base of Kitona General Mukiza Moustapha, the U.S Defense Attaché col Nicolas J. Lovelace and the Belgian Defense Attaché and the Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires a.i Eric H. Madison.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 08:45
Conflict reignited in mid-2012 in eastern Congo with the rapid rise of the Mouvement du 23Mars (M23), a militia that the United Nations says has received significant support from the government of Rwanda.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 11:57
Sailors and civilian maritime personnel from Europe, Africa and the U.S. finalized the schedule of events and associated objectives for Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 (CE13) during a final planning conference, Sept. 23-27.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 12:22
A landing craft unit carrying dozens of international military forces dropped its gate off the sands of Senegal. The U.S. led the charge and stormed the beach like a wave crashing against the shores. They leaped off the ramp two by two, each wearing and carrying more than 50 pounds of gear, in an effort to get to dry land as quickly as possible.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:22
Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 are conducting a 10-week predeployment exercise currently under way with Burundi National Defense Force soldiers to prepare them for assignments in Somalia.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:21
A team of Ghanaian airmen visited professional military education facilities here to take back best practices to their air force headquarters.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:19
For Capt. Brad Copas, his assignment as a coordinator of African Deployment Partnership Training known as ADAPT for U.S. Army Africa has taken him to numerous nations on the African continent.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:16
U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Luanda, Angola, from Sept. 9 to 13.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:31
Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) participated in a community service project, organized by the U.S. Embassy, at Beau Vallon School in Seychelles as part of the ship’s port visit, Aug 26.